Why you should leave Big Law for a boutique (and why you shouldn't)

Send us a text Last week, all eyes were on A&O Shearman, a union hailing Big Law and its future. But in this week’s episode, we consider why so many solicitors are pursuing another future: opening their own firm. A survey from Censuswide on behalf of Harbour Litigation Funding last year found that half of UK firm partners had ambitions to set up their own firm – up 10 per percent on 2021. So as The Lawyer Awards draws nearer, with the prestigious awards litigation boutique and specialist ...